Improved device for raising water by steam



Inventor @mw UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABEL BREAR, CF SAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT.

I-MPROVED DEVICE FOR RAISING WATER BY STEAM.-

Specitication'forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,810, dated April l,13H53.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, ABEL BREAR, of Sangatuck, in the county of Fairfieldand State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus forRaising and Forcing Water and other Liquids; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of thisspecification, said drawing representing a central vertical section ofthe apparatus.

This apparatus consists,principally, of a steam-pipe the mouth of whichenters and is surrounded by asoeket in which is an opening for theadmission ofthe water or other liquid to be raised from the well,reservoir, or other source of supply, and from which a deliverypipeleads to the point where it is tocbe delivered, the direction of thesteam-pipe being the saine as that of the contiguous portion of thedelivery-pipe.' The issuing steam expels thewater from thedelivery-pipe, and the place of the water so expelled is supplied bywater forced up into the socket from the` well, reservoir, or othersource by the presence of the atmosphere.

A is the steam-pipe, through which steam is admitted from a Aboiler by'opening a stopvalve, B, or cock.

C is the socket, into one end of which is secured the steam-pipe A, andinto the opposite en d of which is secured the delivery-pipe l). The endof the steam-pipe enters the deliverypipe, and the interiorof thelatterpipe and of the socket C is larger than the exterior of the' end of thesteam-pipe, in order that a space, a, may be leftaround the latter.

Y Eis the opening in the socket for the entrance .of the water or otherliquid, communieating directly with the space a, surrounding thesteam-pipe.

F is acheck-valvc inthe delivery-pipe, situated a short distance abovethe socket C.

The socket'C and contiguous portions of the g steam-pipe andwater-delivery pipes are arranged horizontally, but at a short distancefrom the socket C. rlhe steam-pipe A and delivery-pipe Dhave an upwarddirection.

To place the apparatus in an operative condition, the lower part issubmerged to any depth above the check-valve in the deliverypipc,'in thewater or other liquid-in the well, reservoir, or other source of supply,and the upper end of the steam-pipe is connected with a boiler.

To set the apparatus in operation steam is admitted through the pipe Aby opening the stop-valve. rlhe pressure of the steam quickly opens thecheck-valve, and the steam, meeting the water in the pipe D, drives itforward and causes a vacuum to be formed in the lower part of the saidpipe and in thespace a a, and the water or other liquid rushingthereinto through the opening E is driven forward by the steam throughthe deliverv-pipe ina continuous stream. When the steam is shut oif, thecheck-valve closes and retains the water or other liquid remaining inthepipe D above it, and the steam remaining in the pipe A, being sooncondensed, has its place supplied by water or other liquid risingthrough the opening E, so that the apparatus is .immediately set inoperation again by opening the stopvalve B.

By providing a chamber, G, in the deliverypipe l) much larger than thepipe itself, -so that a larger quantity of liquid is retained above thecheck-valve than could be retained in the pipe itself, the column ismoved more quickly in the starting of the apparatus, and the operationis commenced instantly.

Theapparatus may be used with great advantage in raising water frommines, as :it will work at any depth or at any distance from the boilerto which steam can be conveyed, and will raise it to any height. It maybe also used as asubstitute for a fire-engine in extinguishing'ires orfor other purposes which require water to be ejected with considerableforce, the issue from l) being very forcible when a high pressure ofsteam is used.

Compressed air may be used in place ot' steam to effect thc samepurpose, such air being admitted through the pipe A in the same mannerasthe steam, as above described.

That I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent, is-

The combination of the steam or airpipe A, the open socket C, and thedelivery-pipe l) with the check-valve I" and the chamber G, the wholeoperating substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

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